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Synopsis: This book examines Torah and its interpretation both as a recurring theme in the early rabbinic commentary and as the very practice of the commentary. It studies the phenomenon of ancient rabbinic scriptural commentary in relation to the perspectives of literary and historical criticisms and their complex intersection. The author discusses extensively the nature of ancient commentary, comparing and contrasting it with the antecedents in the pesharim of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the allegorical commentaries of Philo of Alexandria. He develops a model for a dynamic understanding of the literary structure and sociohistorical function of early rabbinic commentary, and then applies this model to the Sifre -- to the oldest extant running commentary to Deuteronomy and one of the oldest rabbinic collections of exegesis.

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Steven D. Fraade is Mark Taper Professor of the History of Judaism at Yale University.

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Title: From Tradition to Commentary: Torah and Its ...
Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr
Publication Date: 1991
Book Condition: Good

Book Description State University of New York Press, New York, USA, 1991. Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Used book, clean and bright, lightly used with a little shelfwear and light curl to covers. This book examines Torah and its interpretation both as a recurring theme in the early rabinnic commentary and as the very practice of the commentary. It studies the phenomenon of ancient rabbinic scriptural commentary in relation to the perspectives of literary and historical criticisms and their complex intersection. The author discusses extensively the nature of ancient commentary, comparing and contrasting it with the antecedents in the pesharim of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Seller Inventory # 1011079